OCTOPUS

Ok, NOW we get to my 2D stuff.

This is an oil painting of the giant pacific octopus, a truly magnificent creature.

I have to say, oil takes FOREVER to dry, and silly me decided to do a background before actually painting the octopus, so this took me a few weeks. I'll get better with oil eventually, once I actually get some nice oil paints instead of the cheap ones.

Blue and White Heart

I'll admit, I've been a bit obsessed with hearts recently.

This is just a tiny heart dish I made for fun.

That cracked glass effect is actually a really cool process done with chunks of class! I arranged four (I think) little glass pebbles inside the bowl and fired it on a glaze fire! The more glass you put, the more cracks it makes!

Metal Heart

This is my absolute favorite thing that I have done with ceramics. I made a semi-anatomically correct heart and glazed it with a metallic glaze!

I plan to make this into a series, so I will be making at least two more very soon!

My Shells!

Ah yes, all of my little shells. 

Oh and that last one is supposed to be a jellyfish top, I was going to add ribbon for the tentacles, just haven't found the right ribbon yet.

I made these out of porcelain and used slip to make the textures. These were so much fun to make, I really liked shaping them and adding the textures.

Tiny Mask

This was really just for fun.

This mask is about as long as my finger, so not very big, but I think it's super cute.

I actually used metal for the nose ring, which was a fun experiment. I forgot exactly what those are, but they're used in the construction of the kiln so they're meant to withstand the temperatures without melting or bending.

First Mask

 This was the very first mask I made,

What's weird about this one is that at first, the brown marks were green. Even after the first firing, they were green, they only turned brown after I put the clear glaze over it and glaze fired it.

But hey, still a cool composition, if I do say so myself! I really would have liked that green color there, but the brown still works with it.

Experimentation!!

I found a few shells on the beach, and decided to see how the kiln would affect them.

This is what it looked like after being fired, however after a few weeks the remainder of the shells deteriorated into a powder. All except for a tiny shell that was accidentally covered in glaze.

It was a fun experiment, but now I have no idea what to do with it.